Friday, April 26, 2024
4/26/2024
Tarzana Treatment Centers, Inc. (TTC) will develop an integrated, whole-person system of care and peer support for individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) or co-occurring mental and substance use disorders (COD) living with or at risk for HIV and Hepatitis in Los Angeles County (LAC). The Whole Health Integration Project against HIV (WHIP-HIV) will target men who have sex with men (MSM), injection drug users (IDU), and others at risk for HIV and Hepatitis who have been diagnosed with SMI or COD, especially racial/ethnic minorities. The project will address identified disparities (higher infection rates among racial and ethnic minorities) and service gaps (lack of coordinated case management to assist individuals with SMI or COD), leading to a reduction in the incidence of HIV and Hepatitis and improved health outcomes for individuals with SMI or COD. The overall goal of WHIP-HIV is the full integration of evidence-based, culturally competent mental and substance use disorder treatment with HIV primary care and prevention services. Specific project goals are to: 1) Increase the availability of culturally competent, integrated HIV/Hepatitis care and prevention services and behavioral health care for minority MSM and IDU with SMI or COD; 2) Increase the number of minority MSM and IDU with SMI or COD who are aware of their HIV and Hepatitis status; 3) Increase the number of minority MSM and IDU with SMI or COD who are in treatment for HIV and chronic Hepatitis; 4) Increase access to biomedical HIV prevention services for minority MSM and IDU with SMI or COD; and 5) Increase access to peer support for minority MSM and IDU with SMI or COD. WHIP-HIP will accomplish these goals by: 1) identifying individuals with SMI or COD who are living with or at risk for HIV/Hepatitis; 2) connecting them with HIV/Hepatitis treatment or prevention services through enhanced patient navigation; and 3) providing them with on-going mental health and SUD outpatient treatment in conjunction with coordinated case management and peer support to ensure medication adherence and sustained recovery and wellness. Peer Support Services will be designed to provide individual and group support to participants to assist them in navigating the intersecting worlds of HIV, mental illness, and addiction. TTC’s Peer Support Specialists will utilize the Whole Health Action Management (WHAM) model, a peer-led individual and group intervention for people with chronic physical and behavioral health conditions developed by the SAMHSA-HRSA Center for Integrated Health Solutions (CIHS). TTC anticipates providing HIV and Hepatitis screenings, patient navigation, case management, and peer support services to 80-100 high-risk SMI or COD patients annually for a total of 380 individuals served over the course of the four-year project period. The proposed project will be fully embedded in TTC’s existing SUD and mental health service delivery system with approximately 310 of these individual also receiving intensive outpatient treatment for COD and the remaining 70 receiving stand-alone mental health services for SMI.
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).
